End users studying impacts and risks caused by human-induced climate change are often presented with large multi-model ensembles of climate projections whose composition and size are arbitrarily determined.An efficient and versatile method that finds a subset which maintains certain key properties from the full ensemble is needed, but very little w

A surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor based on a hollow fiber (HF) is proposed to realize high analyte refractive index (RI) detection.The hole in the HF as a microfluidic channel for the analyte is filled with a silver wire to replace the metal coating.The sensitivity of the proposed SPR sensor with analyte RI from 1.47 to 1.51 is theoretically

Objective: To analyse variations in axial length (AL), corneal radius (CR) and the AL/CR ratio over one year in eight-year-old schoolchildren, considering sex, ethnicity and refractive error.Methods: Vision screenings were conducted in 16 schools in Terrassa (Barcelona, Spain) with eight-year-old children as part of the CISViT project.Measurements

Protecting the lives of citizens and providing qualified medical care is of utmost importance in times of war.At the same time, statistics show that numerous cases of criminal offences committed by healthcare professionals do not result in them actually serving a criminal sentence.The purpose of this study was to investigate the issues of non-perfo

In 2018 Armenia witnessed change of power that became a sign of significant internal political changes.Even though the foreign policy of the country did not considerably change, it has acquired new features and is represented by new faces.The emphasis is currently put on external positioning of Armenia as a strong compatible state based on values s